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Waiting for Mary: America in Search of a Miracle

Many thousands of believers have made pilgrimages to the locations of modern day sightings of the Virgin Mary across the United States. To investigate this phenomenon, journalist Mark Garvey visited nine of the sites, traveling coast to coast, talking to the faithful and the skeptical, listening to stories of contact with the divine. Waiting for Mary is a fascinating look at a world that is strange and captivating, moving, and in its way, miraculous.

About the author (2004)

Mark Garvey is a twenty-year veteran of the book publishing industry, including six years at the helm of "Writer's Market "and years of nonfiction acquisition and development editing. His passion for "The Elements of Style" is genuine, and he often urges it on the authors who work for him--usually to good effect.

Mark's feature articles have appeared in a variety of national and regional consumer magazines, including "The Oxford American", "Writer's Digest", "Walking", and "Guitar Player". His feature writing for "The Oxford American" received an honorable mention in "The Best American Travel Writing 2000" (Houghton Mifflin). Mark's first book, "Searching for Mary", was published by Dutton in 1998. His second book, "Come Together: The Official John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Guide to Music and Video", was published in 2006 by Thomson. He currently works as an Executive Editor at Course Technology, a business and technology book publisher.